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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-04-14
When the Cuckoo Cries.

In Northumberland one is told if you
are walking on a hard road when the
cuckoo first calls, that the ensuing sea-
son will be full of calamity; to be on
soft ground is lucky omen. In the
Maritime highlands and Hebrides, if
the cuckoo is first heard by one who
has not broken his fast, some misfort-
une is expected. Indeed, besides the
danger, it is considered reproach to
one to have heard the cuckoo while
hungry. In France to hear the cuckoo
for the first time fasting is to make
the nearer an idle do nothing for the
rest of the year, or to numb his limbs
for the same period. There is a SINH
lar belief in Somersetshire. In West
phalia the peasants, on hearing the
cuckoo for the first time, roll over and
over on the grass in order to insure
themselves against lumbago for the
rest of the year. This is considered all
the more likely to happen if the bird
repeats his cry while they are on the
ground. Chicago NeUs.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-04-14

previous evening, Mrs. Flagg slipped
over to Deacon Whitney's, and ably
seconded by the special pleadings of
Joe. succeeded in enlisting the full SYM
pathies of the family in behalf of shah
bily-dressed Tad. Joe's wardrobe was
overhauled. and a selection made, re-
sulting in the surprise to Tad which 1
have mentioned.
well, he's what 1 call nice-look-
ing boy" was Mrs. Flagg's inward
comment, as Tad, with hair neatly
combed and face and hands scrubbed
till they fairly shone, came shyly down.
stairs dressed in his new suit.
Polly smiled upon him approvingly;
the Captain remarked that he didn't
know about taking such dandified-
looking chap to church along of such
plain-dressed folks as the F1agg family;
and Mrs. Flagg gave him a motherly
kiss.
That's so much like joe laughed
Polly, as the display of the paper which
Tad had found with his little gift
necessitated an explanation of Joe's
previous performances.
.Always remember, Tad" coun-
sclled the Captain, with grave shake
of the head. as they sat down to the
table together. .'what Solomon SAYS
about a wise son maxim u glad father
-and-and he that is not warned
thereby is not WISE concluded Captain
Flag@, who was sometimes little hay
in, no =
After breakfast. the Captain read a
chapter from the New Testament aloud,
making comments upon the text, for
the edification of Tad and Polly, who
listened with respectful attention. And
then, after awhile, at the summons of
the rather unmusical church-bell, the
whole family decorously made their
way to the Westinghouse, close by.
The Exporters were, generally speak
ing, church-going people; and, on the
pleasant April morning of which
speak. the church was well filled.
To Tad's secret JOY, Deacon Whit
ney's pew was next Captain Flagg's,
and soon he had the extreme satisfac-
ton of seeing Joe filing in ahead of his
sister, followed by Mrs. Whitney and
the deacon. Joe sat at the extreme
end, and thus the two boys were divided
only by the slight partition between
the pews.
Joe greeted Tad with wink, and
clasping his hands together, rolled his
eyes upward, rs though in rapturous
establishment at Tad's festive appear
ance.
Il think you're just as good as you
can be, and l wish had something to
give you"' whispered Tad, warmly.
"Poh, that's all right" returned Joe,
Struggling his shoulders carelessly; and
a whispered conversation ensued, which
was only checked by the entrance of
the minister; whereat Joe, duly admon-
ished by poke of his sisters fan, and
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-04-14
DECAY OF STONE.
The Influence of Atmospheric Pressure
Upon All Kinds of Building Stones.

The Influence of Atmospheric Pressure
Upon All Kinds of Building Stones.
The dissolving power of atmospheric
moisture seems to depend greatly upon
the quantity of free carbonic acid gas
it holds in solution; and though this
quantity in any given volume of water
be extremely minute, in course of time
every substance which has an affinity
for it will yield more OF less to its &C
ton. The silicates of potash and soda,
for instance, which are present in the
igneous rocks-or, to dwell especially
on the class of materials under our no.
tice in the Devonshire granites-are
easily decomposed when rain water
falls upon them, and, the feldspar
being removed mechanically by any of
the countless actions of nature, it leav es
the other ingredients of the material
exposed to the mechanical disintegra-
ton of changes of temperature. The
simple carbonates of lime again, some
times absorb carbonic acid with much
avidity, and pass into the state of the SOL
uble bicarbonates; and thus. in proper.
ton as the original face of the stone is
removed, does the lower surface be-
come exposed to the action of the rain.
The rain water of such a town as Lon
don not only does contain large guam
titles of free carbonic acid, but 1t also
contains sulphuric acid and ANN on1a,
which are capable of exercising very
deleterious influence upon the carbon
ates of lime. In discussing, however,
the effects of these agents upon build
ing stones. it is essential to bear in
mind the fact that the mechanical state
OF the elements of those materials
greatly modifies their resistance.
Those which are of a crystalline char
acter do not yield so readily as those
which are amorphous, and the crystal
lization produced by volcanic or plu-
tonic influence appears to be even
more permanent than that which takes
place in the ordinary way. 1t
follows from these considera-
lions that the stones of an irreg~
ular, confused, earthly texture, which
are able to absorb considerable quanti-
ties of moisture, and which contain
silica in soluble form, or the car
Donate of lime, should never be en-
ployed in positions where rain water
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-04-14
An Arkansas Dig at Kansas.

A traveller in Kansas, while crossing
prairie, came upon party of friends
who seemed to be preparing the land
for agricultural purposes.
"My friend" said the traveller, ad-
dressing one of the men, ''you are lay
ing off your corn rows quite distance
apart.
Corn rows ?' the man gasped.
Eyes, those rows over there"
MY stars, stranger ~ exclaimed the
Kansas man, lis it possible you amt
hearn of it %
Heard of what p''
.'Of the boom. Man alive, them aim
corn rows over thar; they air streets,
an this here is city. You air now
on the corner of Commercial and En-
porium streets, an not in the check OF
corn row, as you mout suppose. -
arkansas Iraveler
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-04-14

a glance of mild rebuke from the dea-
con, subsidized into a temporary atten-
ton. with his hands being plunged
deeply into his pockets and his eyes
fixed steadfastly upon good Mr.. Allen.
But, l am sorry to say, Joe's thoughts
were by no means in keeping with the
place. He was cherishing, and even
planning, a dire revenge on uncon-
scous Samantha Nason-who sat di-
rectly in front of him, in Miss Smiths
pew-for what he called her ''tattling"
of the previous day.
The service proceeded in the good
old-fashioned way peculiar to country
shipped under the same roof, and Mr..
Aliens words were but plain and
simple talk about the lessons taught by
One who once walked upon earth, and
spake as never man spake. There was
very much in it that Tad perfectly I'M
derstood, and. as he listened. dim de-
sire to fashion his young life after the
teachings of the great Master began to
take form in his mind. True, it was
only embodied in the simple thought,
IN try to be a better boy,' yet from
such beginnings oftentimes comes the
real success of a true Christian life.
And when the sermon closed Tad felt
that he should never be tired of listen
ing to a minister who made things as
plain as did Mr.. Allen.
Now. it was Samantha Nason's inva-
riable habit to sit through the singing,
while the others rose. Il work hard
all the week. and I'm going to make
Sunday my day of rest" said Saman-
tina once. Il little defiantly, "an' L guess
L can worship the Lord as well settin'
down as standin' up
As the closing hymn was being sung,
Tad noticed that Joe, who all through
the service had kept his right hand
persistently in his pocket, slowly with
drew it, though without removing his
eyes from the pages of the hymn-book,
and, seemingly holding something in
his grasp. slipped his closed hand gently
along on the ledge of the pew before
him, till it was in close proximity to
the back of Miss Nason's neck. Then
he stole sly glance in the direction of
his father and mother, who were too
intent upon following the words of the
hymn Gin which their daughter Nellie's
voice uprose rs clear and sweet as the
notes of a woodland bird) to notice the
movements of their son. Slowly Joe's
fingers Enclosed, and after Il moment
his hand stole back to a place beside its
fellow.
..Now what is he up tor thought
Tad, warned by the shadowy grin on
Joe's features. And, following the
direction of his friends eyes, Tad's I'M
spoken question was answered. Clumsi-
lv clambering over the back of the
prim ruffie about Miss Nason's neck
was a brown wood-beetle, as big as
the end of Tad's little finger. But be-
fore he could decide what to do Miss
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-04-14
THE RUSSIAN CHURCH.
The Prevailing Religion of Russia Sine
the Time of Peter the Great.

The Prevailing Religion of Russia Since
|. the Time of Peter the Great.
The great majority of the inhabitants
of Russia belong to the Russian
Church. which is branch of and is
identical with the Greek Church.
Christianity was introduced into Russia
in the ninth century. In the great
schism between the Eastern and West
ern churches the Christians of Russia
were divided in sentiment, but later
they generally gave in their adherence
to the Greek party. In 1889 the Rus
sian Church was made patriarchate,
subordinate, however, to the patriarch
of Constantinople. This subordination
was acquiesced in for about
century, and was then repud1ated
by the Patriarch Nixon, who
claimed authority to alter the
ritual of the church, and even to dis
regard civil power. One of the first
reforms, therefore. of Peter the Great,
was the suppression of the patriachate
and the direct subordination of the
Church to the civil authority. He acted
very cautiously in the matter, appoint
ing, on the death of the .patriarch
Adrian in 170O an acting director of
ecclesiastical affairs, with the title of
Exarch, to set until a new patriarch
could be chosen, and when, after an
interval of twenty years, the public
mind had partially forgotten the patri-
archaic, the Office was formally abol-
ished, and the administration of church
affairs placed under the direction of
council of Bishops and Archbishops
appointed by the Emperor. I'M
der the direction of this council COM
plete revision of the doctrine, disci-
pline and government of the church
took place, and the changes being ap-
proved by the Gar, the new code was
adopted by the Russian Church In
doctrine the church does not differ ma
terially from. the main body of the
Greek. The liturgy used is the same
as that of the church at Constantine
pie, but it is not read in Greek, but in
the Slavonic tongue. One of the prin-
cipal objects of the imperial policy to-
ward the church, inaugurated by Peter
the Great, has been a general uniform
ity OF religious opinion throughout the
empire. Dissent, in all its forms, has
not only been discouraged, but in
many eases vigorously repressed, and
it has only been during late years that
general liberation has been permitted
The Roman Catholic Church, forming
the largest body of dissentients, has
been the object of especial severity.
particularly under the Gear Nicholas.
The next largest, body of dissenters
is generally called the Raskolniks,
but they style themselves Old Believ-
ers. They withdrew from the church
at the time that changes were intro
duced into its ritual by the Patriach
Nixon. and they have never agreed to
acknowledge the Gar as head of the
church. They have often been severe
" prosecuted by the government The
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-04-14
CONCERNING BADGERS.
Prominent Characteristics of These Inter.
esting and Plucky Creatures.

Prominent Characteristics of These Inter
esting and Plucky Creatures.
Badgers have never been familiar to
people in the Eastern States. but are
common in the Northwest. Their habits
of life are suited to an open country,
with a dry soil, such as lies along the
eastern slope of the Rocky mountains.
In the Hunting Trips of a Ranch
man. there is given good and enter
tanning account of these creatures.
Badgers are more commonly found
round prairie-dog towns than anywhere
else, and they get their chief food by
digging up the prairie-dogs and gophers
with their strong forearms and long.
stout claws. They are not often found
wandering away from their homes in
the daytime, but if so caught, are
easily run down and killed. A badg
is most desperate fighter, and an over
match for coyote, his hide being very
thick, and his form so squat and strong
that it is hard to break his back and
legs, while his sharp teeth grip like a
steel trap. A very few seconds allow
him to dig a hole in the ground, into
which he can back all except his head !;
and when thus placed, with his rear
and TANKS protected, he can beat off a
dog many times his own size. A young
badger one night came up round the
ranch-house, and began gnawing at
some bones left near the door. Hear
ing the noise, one of my men took a
lantern and went outside. The glare
of the light seemed to make the badger
stupid, for after looking at the lantern
a few moments, it coolly turned and
went on eating the scraps of flesh on
the bones. and was knocked on the
head without attempting to escape
Youth's Companion.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-04-14

could lodge upon them. beat against
them, or be taken up from external
sources by capillary Or other action.
In positions exposed to any of the above
dangers, none but non-absorbent and
decidedly crystalline materials should
be used, and as those qualities are al
most exclusively possessed by dense
stones, it may be considered that the
mere specific gravity of stone is a
pT'naa tacie indication of its construct
i've value. But atmospheric moisture,
when absorbed into building stones.
acts upon them quite as much through
the changes in its own volume, in pass
ing from the liquid to the solid state at
the time of frost, as it does by the
chemical dissolution it produces.
1t the stone should be
placed in such a manner as that
water should accumulate in any per-
ceptble quantities between its various
layers, and if the position of those lay
ers be such that the expansion of the
water in freezing can not take place
freely, the respective layers containing
the water will be violently detached
from one another.
Now all stonts. even the crystalline
llmestones and states, have certain
planes or directions of cleavage or of
qualification, along which water flows
more readily than in any other course.
If the stones be placed in a building
with those planes in a direction likely
to retain rain falling upon, or absorbed
through the surface (Which is the case
when stones are placed 'bed to wealth
cry, dIsintegration must ensue unless
the edges of the beds be left free, and
even in that case there is danger of
frost detaching one layer from anoth-
er.-G. Il. Bur,aeU. IN Architect
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-04-14
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

in India there are four female mis-
sionaries to every one million of
women.
According to recent estimates
nearly fifty thousand suicides occur in
Europe every year.
A London dealer who has been
fourteen years in the trade sells over
four tons of meat day for cats.
The population of Germany has
increased 5, 800, 900 since 1871. There
are now 46. SS5, 1852 persons in the en-
pire.
The British Museum has some fifty
thousand school reports-nearly COM
plete set of all that are valuable in the
last twenty-five years.
After repairs and alterations. St.
Brides, in Fleet street, London, a
church built by Sir Christopher Wren,
has been re-opened. Cincinnati Times.
The Strasburg library, which was
destroyed during the Franco-Prussian
war, now contains 100000 volumes, a
large part of which have been given to
the institution.
The tombs of La Fontaine and
Moliere, in Pere LaChaise. are crumb-
ling rapidly to ruin, and scarcely let
ter of the inscriptions is now visible
~ O. Times Democrat.
In China son is responsible for
the debts of his father, and this re-
sponsibility continues to the third gen.
Grafton. This enables a man to borrow
money on the strength of having a son.
May the angels shower blessings
upon you forever and ever is the
way Japanese salutes a fellow-coun-
tryman on every occasion, whether he
designs to shake hands or punch his
head.-Detroit Free Press.
Colonel Piano was the name of the
italian commander recently captured
in Abyssinia. The Abyssinians seem
to have played Piano for a flat. Let lis
see whether he will have charms suffi-
cient to soothe the savage breast.
In thirty-five years Great Britain
has lost by emigration 1000, 900 of her
people, yet her population has steadily
increased, and during the last ten
years, has grown from $1,000, 900 to
SO, 100000.
AS Rev. DR.. MacGregor was walk
ing along Princes street, Edinburgh,
passer-by audibly remarked, Here
comes the lame minister On which
the doctor Immediately replied, 'The
lame man, not the lame minister. y
United Presbyterian.
The longest tunnel in the world,
commenced in 1882 and finished in 1878,
drains the Schemnitz mines, in Hun
about mile longer than st. Gothard,
with a height of feet 10 inches, and a
breadth of 5 feet 8 inches.
A birds head dinner party was
unique entertainment in Paris. Each
guest had couture representing the
head of bird, an owl, dove, and
other birds. The most elegant was that
of a peacock. with crest, represented
by an aigrette in diamonds, emeralds,
and sapphires.
Heavy machinery is run by ar
tesian-well power in many parts of
France, and the experience of the
French shows that the deeper the we'll
the greater the pressure and the higher
the temperature. At Grenelle well
sunk to the depth of 1902 feet, and
flowing daily 100000 gallons, has
pressure of 60 pounds to the square
inch, and the water from this well is so
hot that it is used for heating the
hospitals in the vicinity.-M Y Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-04-14
Hair-Pin Headaches.

Women suffer sometimes from what
is called ''hair-pin headache" as well
as nervous headache. Both often may
be cured by taking out the steel hair
pins and letting the hair down for
awhile. Sometimes quick brushin &
of the hair over the seat of the pain
will drive it off entirely. An old lady
says it was her mothers remedy to run
back and forth through the hair a set
of steel knitting needles and she would
..steel points every time
in cases of headache. For those sub
iect to this kind of headache horn or
imitation shell hair-pins might be tried.
but if the 'ache'' arises from the stom-
ach, as is frequently the case, neither
a change of hair-pins nor an applica-
ton of .'steel points viii effect cure.
Detroit Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-04-14

established church is still granted sonic
especial privileges. None of its MEM
bers are allowed to secede to another
denomination, and all children of
mixed marriages are declared to be
under its control In other respects,
under the laws of Alexander H., all
Catholics and Professionals enjoy equal
civil rights with members of the estab-
lished church, and are equally admis-.
sible to the highest offices Of the en-
pire, while even unconverted Tartars
are allowed to hold military Offices =
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-04-14

The red color of bricks is due to
the iron contained in the clay. In the
presses of burning the iron compounds
are changed from the ferrous to the
ferric condition, and rendered anhy-
drous. thus developing the color. Ger
tain clays, like those in the vicinity OF
Milwaukee, for instance, contain little
or no iron, and the bricks made from
them are light or cream-colored. Dos.
ton Budget,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-04-14

Il will not writesany more,' said
friend in closing her letter, for
there is pudding in the kitchen
patiently araitinq to be made. ChicaGo
4dc0cate.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-04-14

A returned traveller from Japan
saws: at is no affectation to say that
the best japanese pictures are entitled
to rank with the old masterpieces of
European art. IN 7. Graphic.
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CHAPTER K-CoYT1srED

tCopyrighted 1886, By D. Lethrop d Co., and
Published By Special arrangement
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-04-14
Adventures Of Tad.
HAPS ARD MISHAPS OF A LOST SACHEL.
A Story for Young and Old.
OR THE =

BY FRANK H. CONVERSE.
AUTHOR OF PEPPER ADAMS" BLOWN OUT
TO SEA-" paul GRAFTON" ETC.
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ITo BE Continued
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-18
A Chinese Hospital.

In one of the most crowded thorough
fares of the Chinese quarter of Shang-
hal, there has stood for forty years a
free native hosp tai, mainly supported
by the European community. Very
strange its wards look at first to English
visitors. The patients bring their own
bedding, consisting of Il bamboo mat
and wadded quilt. Those who can
move about are the only regular at
tendants of those who can not. The
house-surgeon and dispenser is Il Oh ina
man. for thirty years connected with
the hospital, and one Of the first con
verts of mission school. Yearly
about 800 persons pass through the
wards. and the proportions of deaths is
small. Last year there were lifly-six
and in the dispensary more than %, 0OO
cases were treated. From very fal
distances many of the poor suffering
creatures come, and back TO their far
off homes many q healed one has car
ried bless ng greater than bodi
healing; for we believe that nowhere.
at home or abroad could better proc
be found than in the Shanghai hospita
of the benefit of combining medical and
gospel work. Da ly the waiting-room,
seated for 800, is crowded with men
women and children long before tn,
dispensing hour. and daily an Engl.sl
missionary, rs conversant with then
language as his own, sets before tins
waiting multitude the Word of Life.
IL believe" writes Christian physic.
ian, who for some years had The over
sight of this work, "ihat the Chinese
undergo more suffering for want o.
medical knowlcdgs than any othel
nation in the world" In an institution
Ike this. almost daily under goot
surgeon may the blind receive sight,
the deaf hear. the lame walk. -Quirer
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-11-18
Winter i'm Silesia.

Winter has set in with unusual sever
fly all along the northern slopes of the
Riesengebirge. says The Breslaner
Zeitung. The transition from summer
weather to harsh winter was most sud
den. Within twcnty-four hours the
thermometer fell to some degrees below
zero Centigrade. According TO usual
arrangements the telegraph service
would be closed on Sept. 30 in the high
er parts of the range, but the elements
anticipate by several days the official
period. In single night the snowfall
put an cnd to telegraphic communica-
ton. Ice-wreaths some inches deep
hung from the poles and even wres :.
Great destruction of apparatus was the
result; wires were broken down, insul a.
tors broken, and even poles injured.
A fierce northwest wind also blew
for some hours. assisting the work OF
destruction by overturning telegraph
poles. At one of the mountain tec-
graph huts the operator and his family
were showed up for several hours and
had to be dug out II is many years
since there has been such a severe and
early beginning of winter in this dis
f,.iot